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Article: Prevention best treating lung cancer. (includes related article about how smoking may cause lung cancer)
- Article from:
- FDA Consumer
- Article date:
- June 1, 1995
- Author:
CopyrightCOPYRIGHT 1995 U.S. Government Printing Office. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)
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Americans are known the world over as preventive health enthusiasts. We jog for fitness, floss and take fluoride to prevent tooth decay, and eat low-fat products to reduce the risk of heart disease. Even the rarest environmental pollutant is likely to provoke public outrage and regulatory action if it is found to increase cancer risk.
Yet it's not uncommon for people who engage in such healthful activities to also engage in another activity known unmistakably to cause lung cancer: cigarette smoking.
Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer death in this country. The lung cancer death rate recently surpassed that of breast cancer in women, according to the ...